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cupă
cup /ˈku.pə/
noun#4817 most common
Also: trophy, goblet, bra cup
Example sentences
Vreau o cupă de înghețată.
I want a cup of ice cream.
Echipa noastră a câștigat cupa.
Our team won the cup.
România joacă la Cupa Mondială.
Romania is playing in the World Cup.
Antrenorul a ridicat cupa după meci.
The coach lifted the trophy after the match.
Cupa de cristal strălucea pe masa festivă.
The crystal goblet sparkled on the festive table.
Finala Cupei a fost amânată din cauza ploii torențiale.
The Cup final was postponed because of torrential rain.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cupă | cupe |
| Genitive | cupei | cupelor |
| Accusative | cupă | cupe |
| Vocative | cupă | cupe |
Word family
cupăcup, goblet, trophy
cupașcup winner, colloquial term for a trophy-holding team
semicupăsitz bath, hip bath
cupolădome
Etymology
Romanian cupă comes from Latin cupa, meaning tub, cask, or vat. The word entered Romanian as part of its core Latin inheritance and later absorbed the modern sense of a trophy, likely reinforced by French coupe and Italian coppa. The vessel sense and the trophy sense now sit side by side in everyday use.
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